syncopated

[ sing-kuh-pey-tid, sin- ]

adjective

Origin of syncopated

1655–65; <Late Latin syncopāt(us) (see syncopate) + -ed²

Rather, the hook forged by synth notes resonant of video game beeps and a pulsating syncopated rhythm anchor this bouncy track that propels the listener to sway side-to-side.
The Best K-Pop Songs and Albums of 2021 | Kat Moon | December 8, 2021 | Time
Occasionally a few words in a voice-over pierce the syncopated rhythm of the drum.
Akram Khan delivers a powerful indictment of war in ‘Xenos’ at the Kennedy Center | Sarah Kaufman | November 19, 2021 | Washington Post
With its propulsive, syncopated pulse, torrid horn solos and scratching rhythm guitars, “Cold Sweat” became recognized as one of the first songs in a new genre that came to known as funk.
Pee Wee Ellis, who helped put the funk in James Brown’s music, dies at 80 | Matt Schudel | September 26, 2021 | Washington Post
When defenders guard Gilgeous-Alexander and his screening partner with only two defenders, he will find creative ways to generate layups using his syncopated, unhurried style.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Knows Only One Gear: Drive | Louis Zatzman | February 26, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight
To us, it is the contemporary sound through which new and old truths explode in syncopated revelation.
Broadway Was Made for Tupac | Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marcyliena Morgan | July 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Just at present our young people are going mad over ragtimes, apparently because syncopated rhythms are new to them.
A Treatise on Parents and Children | George Bernard Shaw
That night he would seek in the native quarter the whining and syncopated tunes of the East.
Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
He bolted and sidled in a ragged syncopated gait, snorting and flinging his head angrily.
What Will People Say? | Rupert Hughes
The conversation, very desultory, was syncopated by Jack Cardigan talking about "mid-off."
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. | John Galsworthy
A Schuetzen Park picnic was gathering itself under the arches, to the syncopated tune of a brass band.
The Readjustment | Will Irwin

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